India, Sept. 21 -- Long gone are the days when Margaret Alva graced the political stage in New Delhi as a member of the Union Council of Ministers, with the ear of the Congress High Command and proximity to the Gandhis.

Three years after promising to repeal the anti-conversion law, the Congress government in her home state, Karnataka, has yet to act. For the Christian community, the issue is no longer simply about legislation but about political trust, representation, and whether an electoral promise still means anything once power has been secured.

The meeting on September 14, 2026, between a delegation led by Bangalore Archbishop Peter Machado and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge carried the accumulated weight of three years of w...